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No. 349,865. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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HENRY H. "WESLER, OF NEWVARK, NEXV JERSEY.

SHUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,865, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial X0. 191,129.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, HENRY H. WnsLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county-of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-W'orkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of shutter-workers, to reduce the cost of production thereof, to facilitate and render more easy the process of opening and closing the shutter or blind, and to avoid the necessity of cutting away the shutter or sill in adjusting and operating the parts.

The invention consists in the peculiar arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is an inside view of a portion of a shutter arranged in connection with a window-frame and having the improvements attached. Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken through line at. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a bearing-plate to be secured to the inside window-casing, showing certain hand-pieces for use in operating the worker and fastening the same rigidly in place. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same, having the hand-piece for operating the worker removed. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a detail side elevation of the said hand-piece; and Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are plans of the outside portion of the workingbar, showing that the shape of the same can be considerably modified.

In the said drawings, a indicates the shutter 5 b, the window-frame, which is suitably perforated, or provided with a suitable anger or bit hole, a, through which the working-bar (Z, extending from the handle on the inside of the house to a suitable bearing on the outer side of the shutter, may be passed. 0 care suitable bearings for the said working-bar,allowing the same to move both longitudinally and pivotally therein. The said working-bar is prefer- (No model.)

ably of heavy wire, and is bent on the outer side approximately at right angles, as at f, to extend parallel with the face of the house or the closed shutter. The outer part, (1', of the workingbar is curved,substantially as shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and passes through a suitable eye or bearing, the said eye being of suitable size to allow free movement of the bar d therethrough. The extremity of said part (1' is hook-shaped, so that the said part cannot be disengaged from the eye by an ordinary pivotal movement of the working-bar in its bearings. The inner end of the working-bar is provided with the hand-piece h, by which itis operated. The shank of said hand -piece is jointed, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, it being thus capable of being dropped,and thus adapt ed to prevent longitudinal movement of the working-bar, so that the shutter is prevented from being opened or closed by the force of the wind, and that the extent of projection into the room is reduced. Should it be desired to hold the shutter partly open, as in bowing the shutters, I have provided a set-screw or clamp, is, which binds the rod in its bearings, so that there can be no movement thereof. This screw is preferably provided with a jointed handle, Z, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of which it may have its bearings near the wall, and yet be turned in said bearings with ease and facility, the handle acting as a lever.

In turning the screw to clamp or set the rod d,said handle Z is turned up at right angles to the screw, then is brought around to the opposite side of the screw, moving in a plane at right angles to that of the wall and carrying the screw with it, so that the latter makes a half-turn of a complete revolution. The handle then swings down in a plane parallel with the wall and up to its first position, and the movements are repeated to secure the complete and subsequent revolutions, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figs. 1 and 4.

In operating the handle to work the shutter, the latter being closed, as in Fig. 2, said handle is brought to the position shown in dotted outline in said figure. The handle is then pushed out toward its bearings 6, moving the rod (2 d in the same direction, and also giving an outward impulse to the shutter. This outward movement of the shutter and the eye or IGO bearing 9 thereon causes the curved end of the portion d of the rod to move down pivotally, having the portion d as a center of movement. This movement is continued by the pressure of the hand until the shutter reaches a point or position at right angles to the wall of the house, when the action of the rod is reversed as the shutter continues its opening movement; and, finally, as the shutter reaches the outer face of the house the rod d and handle hmake a return longitudinal movement, so that the joint passes outside of the inner bearing, 6, and allows the handle to drop or be turned at right angles, as in Fig. 2 or 3, and thus lock the shutter in position.

The several outward, pivotal, and return movements are continuous, and the operator, Without any particular skill, controls perfectly the movement of the shutter.

As before intimated, the shutter can be fastened at any point in its movement by the setscrew or clamp.

screw, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of January, 1885.

HENRY H. WESLER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL. 

